The Federal Government has vowed to sanction any worker discovered to be incompetent in the civil service.
The government said it would no longer be business as usual for unproductive civil servants.
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) stated this at the 2022 Ministerial Service Award Programme for the labor sector in Abuja.
He said: “This is an opportunity to inform you all that enhanced performance for productivity must be encouraged and so this platform is to celebrate and recognize excellence in service delivery by some carefully selected officers of the Ministry.
“With the performance Management process in place, it will not be business as usual for unproductive civil servants.
“There are sanctions for incompetence. The Ministry will provide the enabling environment for competitive performance in rendering quality services, thereby staff aspiring to put in their best in the discharge of their duties will be encouraged.”
He also said productivity was a result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and consistent effort to achieve results.
